"We should have been playing Manchester tonight, as you all know," Gary told fans from the stage (via The Mirror).

"Tonight is dedicated to the people of Manchester. We are here to dance. To sing. To party. We want to say an enormous thank you to all you guys out there that have come back, I know we were meant to play here on Tuesday.

"Just so everyone knows, I've been watching social media this week and we are being watched by the world tonight.

"Our fans from all round the world are watching us here. Please everybody post as many pictures as you can. I want those great vibrations heard around the world. Dance, clap, sing and have the night to remember."

The other two members of Take That also paid stirring tribute to Manchester, the city where the band first formed and still maintain a massive following.

"As you know I was born and raised in Manchester and I've never been so proud to be Mancunian," Howard said. "The spirit of Manchester, the spirit of the North-West, the UK and the world over, it's absolutely incredible."

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"We would like to dedicate tonight's performance to everyone who has been affected by the events in Manchester last Monday night," Mark added. "And all profits for tonight's concert will be going to the I Love Manchester Emergency Fund."

Take That had been scheduled to perform in Liverpool on Tuesday night, but postponed the concert "out of respect to all of the people and their families that were affected by" the tragedy. They've since announced that they'll headline a stadium show in Manchester next month.

Out of respect to all of the people and their families that were affected by the horrific incident last night at The Manchester Arena...

Twenty-two people were killed and more than 100 were injured, including children, when a suspected suicide bomber detonated an explosive divisive at Manchester Arena just after Ariana Grande finished a set on Monday.

On Friday (May 26), Ariana vowed that she would return to Manchester to perform a special concert "in honour of and to raise money for the victims and their families".